November 20, 2003   LIEBERMAN TROUBLED BY “UNREASONABLE” WHITE HOUSE LIMITS ON 9/11 COMMISSION ACCESS TO KEY DOCUMENTS   WASHINGTON - Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., issued the following statement Thursday in response to a statement from the National Commission on Terrorism Upon the United States detailing the agreement it reached with the White House on access to the President’s daily intelligence briefings: “Now that the details are known, I am even more troubled by the unreasonable restrictions that the White House has imposed on access to the most important set of documents that the 9-11 Commission has sought. “The Commission deserves credit for negotiating hard with an intransigent White House and for retaining the right to take stronger action in the future. Nevertheless, the White House has insisted on a controlling role that is far more intrusive than anything that I envisioned when Senator McCain and I drafted the legislation creating the commission. “At most, only four individuals will be allowed to view some of the President's daily intelligence briefings, and many of the documents will only be reviewed by two of those four members of the Commission review team. The White House has insisted on selecting the documents to be reviewed, and on approving the summaries written by the members of the Commission review team before those summaries can be shared with the full Commission. “The Administration fought the creation of the Commission and now it seeks to place a veil of secrecy around documents central to determining the Administration's role in the events leading up to September 11, 2001.”   ###   Printable Version   « previous Press Release next Press Release »   1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 November 2003 Press Releases   November 25 - Waxman, Dingell, Lieberman Seek Investigations of Halliburton Gasoline Importations to Iraq   November 20 current Press Release   November 20 - Lieberman Calls August Blackout "Entirely Avoidable"   November 19 - Lieberman Urges Stronger Measure to Restore Investor Confidence in Mutual Funds   November 18 - Lieberman Says Tax Shelters Must Have Economic Substance To Deter Industry Built Around Tax Evasion   November 18 - Lieberman Supports Amendment Outlawing Senior Discount   November 13 - Lieberman Applauds Dodd/Corzine Plan   November 13 - NPS Employees Say Parks Are In Danger   November 13 - Iron Curtain Of Secrecy Around White House Must Be Raised   November 12 - Administration Fails To Certify Labs Using Anthrax, Smallpox   November 11 - Federal Poverty Calculations Mask True Economic Status of Most Vulnerable Citizens   November 7 - Lieberman, Durbin Press OIRA On Openness, Accountability   November 6 - Lieberman Says NYSE Cannot Regulate Itself   November 5 - Lieberman Calls on Halliburton to Refund American Taxpayers   November 5 - Lieberman: Mutual Fund Reform Bill is Important Step Toward Restoring Integrity to Embattled Industry   November 4 - Leading Senators Pressure President to Provide Key Documents Condemn White House's "Poor Record of Cooperation"   November 3 - Lieberman Demands Report on Simulation of Terorist Attack Analysis Details Shortcomings of Government Response   November 3 - Congress Votes to Name Hartford Post Office After Former US Rep Barbara B. Kennelly   November 3 - Lieberman Strafes SEC for Lax Oversight of Mutual Funds Middle Class Investors' Trust Abused all Over Again
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